Ashley Kirilow was not in Milton assignment court on Wednesday morning, but her lawyer, Oakville’s Brendan Neil, represented her in court for the first time since Kirilow’s bail hearing in late August, an event that attracted massive media coverage.

Kirilow has been free on $5,000 bail with no deposit since then. Her next court date is Nov. 1 in Milton.

The 23-year-old Burlington woman has been out on bail under a number of restrictions including that she not own a cellphone or use a computer, turn in her passport to Halton Regional Police, not leave the province, check in with police at least once a week and not have any contact with any of her accusers.

Neil told the Post at the Milton courthouse on Wednesday that his client wants the case to conclude as soon as possible.

Kirilow faces three counts of fraud under $5,000 and one count of fraud over $5,000. She has not entered a plea to any of the charges.

She is doing OK, said Neil.

“I’m going to say well, considering. It’s going to take her a long time to get over this.”

He said his client is dealing with some safety and fear concerns, based on some comments he said people have made about her on the social networking computer site FaceBook, the medium Kirilow had used to tell her life story about fighting multiple cancers and raising money for her Change for a Cure charity.

Kirilow’s activities are being monitored and supported by the John Howard Society. Neil said she is living “close to Halton”. He said that while Kirilow is not staying with family members it is not accurate to say that she has had no contact or no support from her estranged family.

Media and public interest in Kirilow’s case has surprised him and some of his fellow lawyers, said Neil.